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BEGINA VON RUREMONDE. 

TCHERITA, — A Javanise, Begina's slave, slightly copper colored, an$ 

wearing an Oriental costume* 
MAURICE BE PRENIL. 
MIDDLEBOURG. 
DE MO^SQUET. 
A SERVANT. 



This Comedy was first produced at the 
Theatre Gymnase Dramatique, Paris, France, April 
20th., 1878. 



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COoTUMES— MODERN. 



TIME OF PERFORMANCE ONE HOUR. 



TMP92-008828 



The Cigarette. 



SCENE I.-— A Javanise Salon in a Paris c^artment, elegantly furnitTied. 
Tchcrita discovered smoking — seated on a cushion. 

Enter a servant, fi. 1 b. 

Servant. M.Maurice de Prenil. 

Tcherita. M. Maurice? You are mistaken, I am not the person he de- 
sires to see. It is Madam Regina von Ruremonde, your mistress and mine. 
Say to M. Maurice that Madam i3 not at home, that she is undoubtedly in 
the Bois de Boulogne, and he will certainly find her in one of the walks 
where she is accustomed to promenade. 

{exit servant, b. 1 a. — Tcherita recommences smoking 

Re-enter servant, b. 1 s. 

Servant. M. de Prenil insists. He says it is with you and not Madam 
that he desires to speak. 

Tcherita. Very well, ask him to come in. (exit servant, b. 1 ». 

Enter If. Maurice, b. li. 

Maurice. Good morning Tcherita. 

Tchcrita. Good morning. If you take pleasure in smoking, you know 
.that my mistress permits it. Sometimes she even sets us the example, by 
smoking herself. 

Maurice. Yes, I know. 

Tcherita. Only do not take one of the cigarettes, which are on the man- 
tel piece. 

Maurice. And why not? 

Tcherita. Because, those cigarettes have been prepared by me according 
to the custom in my own country. 

Maurice. According to the custom of Java? 

Tchcrita. Yes, the custom of Java, which exposes the persons who smoke 
them to some little inconveniences. 

Maurice, (smiling) Ah, they die, do they not, die suffering the most in- 
tense agony — 

Tcherita. Oh no, it is not so bad as that. 

Maurice. What then does happen to*the|Unhappy persons who have 
the imprudence to smoke one of these Javanise cigarettes? 

Tchcrita. Nothing but telling the truth, but they will tell that in spite 
of themselves. If they have at the bottom of their heart a secret, which 
they wish to conceal, it is at that secret they will commence, nothing stops 
them, neither prudence nor fear, they talk and talk— you do not believo 
me? 



t THE C1GAMJ&TTJE. 

Maurice. Certainly, certainly. 

Tcherita. You say certainly, certainly, but you do not believe me. 

Maurice. I believe that your cigarettes are made from the leaves of dried 
Indian hemp, otherwise called hashish — believe that those who smoke hash- 
ish are impelled to speak a great deal, and those who talk much may tell 
evervthing even the truth. I believe that, with all my heart. 

Tcherita. That and nothing else? Well take one of these cigarettes and 
your first word will be to tell me that you love my mistress. 

Maurice. I do not need to smoke one of your cigarettes to tell you that, 
because it is very true that I love her as much as one can love, and that is 
really what discourages me. 

Tcherita. Why does that discourage you? 

Maurice. Because, this very day I am going to leave her, to leave her 
forever. I came to bid her farewell. 

Tcherita. Farewell ? 

Maurice. Farewell to her and to you. To you fi rst, since I find you alone. 
It has always seemed to me Tcherita, that you hold kindly feeling for me. 

Tcherita. Yes, indeed. But what is that you were saying to me, you are 
going away? 

Maurice. Yes. 

Tcherita. And why are you going away ? 

Maurice. Because I must. 

Tcherita. And why must you ? We will not be satisfied with that ex- 
cuse. 

Maurice. It is now four months that I have known your mistress. In 
seeing me during these four months living in the same manner that she 
lives, she who has thirty millions, you have no doubt come to believe me 
rich, very rich. 

Tcherita. I confess that I have concerned myself very little about the 
matter, but really if I had concerned myself about it I would have believed 
you rich. 

Maurice. Well you would have been wrong. The day I met your mis- 
tress, I was on the point of departing for America. I have a cousin there 
who has promised to make my fortune. I was about to leave, but I saw 
her and in order to see her again, I postponed my departure until the next 
day, I postponed it again to the day after, and have continued to do so from 
day to day until four months have passed, four months during each of which 
I have spent twenty thousand francs, so that on the day I first met 
her I had a little more than eighty thousand. 

Tcherita. Twenty thousand francs a month? 

Maurice. Yes, yes. It is very expensive living in Paris at the side ot 
the richest heiress of Botavia, at the side of a widow, whose nabob of a hus- 
band left her at his death a fortune of thirty millions. It is expensive but 
I do not regret my ruin — I have not quitted her during these four mouths, 
lor four months I have been able to see her daily — I have been constantly 
at her side, have breathed her air, I have had my share in this perpetual 
intoxication, in which her fortune and her beauty permits her to live. It 
amuses her to design — she permits me to give her lessons, and that privilege 
has only cost me twenty thousand francs per month. But it is nothing, 
Tcherita, it is nothing: if instead of four months, my happiness had lasted 
only fifteen days, still I would not think I had any right to complain. 

Tcherita. And now you have nothing left? 

Maurice. Oh, I have still enough to pay my passage to go and find my 
cousin in America, that cousin who has promised to make my fortune. 

Tcherita. But I thought you told me just now, that you loved my mis- 
tress — 

Maurice. Certainly, I said so. 

Tcherita. Then why do you not marry her instead of going away t 

Maurice. Marry her? 

Tcherita. Yes. 

Maurice, {shaking his head) It is impossible, entirely impossible. 



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6. Tcherita, Many men have asked her hand. She has turned a deaf ear 
to all of them so that now only three suitors remain to the field, the amia- 
ble M. de Monsquet, Middlebourg the banker, and yourself— the first tr/c 
you know as well as I do, are clowns who only serve to amuse her. Here 
only remains then — 

Maurice. No, Tcherita, no, I will not marry your mistress. Tn order to 
marry her, I would naturally have' to tell her that I love her, and I would 
jqo sooner have said that, than the idea would occur to her, that it is 
her fortune with which I am iu love. {Tcherita moves uneasily) If that 
thought would not come to her at once it certainly would some day or other. 
No. you see, in order for me to marry her, we must 

Tcherita. What must you? 

Maurice. Well, I mean — we must exchange places, it must be for your 
mistress to break the ice and declare that she adores me. 

Tcherita. Oh I 

Maurice. And as such a declaration would be very unusual, it is decided* 
ly better that I should depart. 

Tcherita. You do not love my mistress. 

M'-urice. Certainly, Tcherita, I love her and with all ray soul, but my 
love for her does not prevent my being an honest man, and having common 
sense. I have spent in her society the four happiest months of my whole 
1 fe. Now, my happiness is at an end— I knew beforehand that it must end 
someday. 

Enter the servant, r. 1 b. 

Servant. M. Middleboursr, M. Baron de Monsquet. 

Tcherita, {to Maurice) Your two rivals. I am charged with a commis- 
sion lor them, which will probably not make them laugh. Do you care to 
assist in the scene? 

Maurice. No — i remember that your mistress needs a few little articles 
to complete a certain costume that she desires to wear. I am going for 
them. 

Tcherita. {showing him a door, l. 1 e,) Pass out this way. Of course you 
will return ? 

Maurice. Certainly, I will return, Tgo away — I do not escape. 

Tcherita. You will not be gone long, then?' 

Maurice. I will be back soon. {exit, L. 1 E. 

Tcherita. (to servant) Show in those two gentlemen. 

{the servant goes out, a. 1 e. 

Enter Middlebourg and Baron de Monsquet, B. 1 e. 

De Monsquet. How do? Javanese, how do? 

Middlebourg. How do you do ? 

Tcherita, Good morning gentlemen. Be seated I pray you, I have some- 
thing to say to you on behalf of my mistress, which will please one of you. 

(they sit 

De Monsquet. One of us ? 

Tcherita. Yes. 

De Monsquet. Which one? 

Tcherita. Ah, I do not know. 

De Monsquet. This is annoying, for that is just the point we would de- 
sire to know. 

Tcherita. You both love my mistress, do you not? 

Dz Monsquet \ 

and \ {together) Ah ! 

Middltbourg. ) « 

r Tcherita. You both desire to marry her, do you not 

De Monsquet. "} 

and > {rising with a bound) Ah I 

Middlebourg. J 



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■ Teherita. Well then, what I have to say to you is, that mj mistress hat 
resolved to take one of you for a husband. 

Middlebourg. One of us ? 

Tchenta. Ye3. 

Middlebourg. Which ? 

Teherita. Ah, I do not know. 

Middlebourg. That is annoying for this is just the point— — ^ 

Teherita. Perhaps you are surprised that from among so many adorers, 
the choice of my mistress should have settled on you two. 

Middlebourg. Not at all, I am not surprised, as for me 
. De Monsquet. No more am I, Javanese, no more am I. 

Teherita. Her first idea you know, was never to marry again, and this 
she has very plainly declared to all the aspirants for her hand, young or 
old, rich or poor, who have not ceased to surround her since the day of 
her arrival in Paris. Some of them took the hint and discreetly retired. 
The others did not understand so easily, but they finally finished by aban- 
doning the suit. You alone have not given up— neither rebuffs nor morti- 
fications have succeeded in discouraging you. 

De Monsquet. What does she say ? 

Teherita. And your perseverance has finally touched her. 
• Midolebouro. Good enough! 

Teherita. Unfortunately she is not able to marry you both. It was nec- 
essary at any cost to prefer one to the other — this has appeared impos- 
sible to her. 

De Monsquet. ) 

and V (together) Oh, but I would have thought— 

Middlebourg. } 

Teherita. Entirely impossible. Both of you by different merits have 
produced impressions on her heart exactly equal. She has decided there- 
fore that the simplest way out of the dilemma was to impose a test on both 
of you, and marry him who came out of that test successfully. 

I>e Monsquet. A test ? 

Teherita. Yea. 

De Monsquet. What is it? 

Teherita. I will tell you in a moment, and now if you will be kind 
enough to excuse me — 

Middlebourg. Is it difficult, what we will have to do? 

Teherita. No. 

Middlebourg. Ah, so much the better. 

Teherita. It is the simplest thing in the'world, and yet when you hare 
done this thing which is the simplest in the world, you will certainly have 
given to my mistress the greatest proof of Ioyo that a man can give to ft 
woman. 

Middlebourg. The greatest proof of love ? 

Teherita. Yes. 

Middlebourg. Do you understand De Monsquet ? 1 certainly do not. 

De Monsquet. No more do I. 

Teherita. Excuse me — I will not detain you long. (exit,h, 

De Monsquet. This is indeed singular, for I had imagined that he who, 
after myself stood the greatest chance of pleasing Madam von Ruremonde, 
was this M. Maurice de Prenil who never leaves her side. 

Middlebourg. My idea exactly. I thought that if she 4 did not decide to 
marry me, she would without doubt marry M. Maurice. 

De Monsquet. And now I find that you are my rival— 

Middlebourg. Yes indeed, just as I find that you're my rival, my only 
rival — 

De Monsquet. I am delighted at this discovery, 

Middlebourg. So am I. 

De Monsquet. Because, at last between Madam Ton Euremond© and 
myself, there is only you — 

Middlebourg. At last you are my only rival. 



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De. Monsquet. Now I think I will have no trouble — without wishing to 
appear conceited at all I — 

Middlebourg. That is just what I waB about to say myself. 

De Monsquet. There is only one thing that perplexes me, and that if 
this test. 

Middlebourg. Oh yes, the test. 

De Monsquet. What can it be? 

Middlebourg. Something very easy, Tcherita told us. 

De Monsquet. Yes very easy, and'yet when we shall have gone through 
it, we will have given to her mistress the greatest proof of love that a man 
can give to a woman. Perhaps it has something to do with these cigarettes. 

Middlebourg. Ah yes, these famous cigarettes, compounded bv Tcherita 
and which compels one to tell the truth. 

De Monsquet. I have nothing to fear from these cigarettes. 

Middlebourg. Neither have I, I am not afraid of them. 

De Monsquet. I will smoke one of them, I will smoke two of them, t 
will smoke three of them, and after each puff I will tell her it is herself 
and not her fortune that I love. 

, Middlebourg. I will smoke ten, I will smoke twenty, I will smoke thirty 
and then I will say to her that I love her fortune and not— {recovering) — no 
no, that is not what I wish to say. 

Enter Tcherita t t., followed by a servant — the servant earring a platter on 
which are two cups and a sugar bowl. 

De Monsquet. At last, we are about to discover — 

Tcherita. (to the servant) Place the platter on the little table, draw for- 
ward these two chairs— that will do, (exit servant, l.) And now, gentle- 
men— 

Middlebourg. Now — 

Tcherita. You will see, it is very simple. But first have the kindness to 
be seated. It is very simple I assure you, each of you take a cup, drink — i 
and the one who is alive a quarter of an hour from now will marry my mis- 
tress within fifteen days. 

Middlebourg. What is that you say? 

Tcherita. You do not understand? I am not surprised at that, T speak 
the language of Holland passibly, but I am not at all sure of my French. 
I will begin again. These two cups have been prepared by me. 

De Monsquet. By you ? 

Tcherita. Yes, by me. 

Middlebourg. Ugh I 

Tcherita. You will each drink the contents of one of them — 

De Monsquet. 
and 

Middlebourg. 

Tcherita. And the one that is alive a quarter of an hour hence, will marry 
the thirty millions of my mistress within fifteen days. Do you understand 
this time ? Have I spoken French ? 

De Monsquet. It is not extraordinary French but it can be understood. 

Tcherita. You see, it is very simple. 

Middlebourg. Very simple, very simple. So in one of these cup3 there 
is ? 

Tcherita, Yes. 
i Middlebourg. Prepared by you ? 

Ttshcrita. Yes — I was born at Java, you know — 

De Monsquet. We know. And in the other cup ? 

Tcherita. There is nothing in the other cup — nothing at all. 
De Monsquet. ' 



vrui uauj 

[Yes— 



and J- (together) Ah ! 

• ) 



Middlebourg, 



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They both rise, male a half turn around the table and find themselves De MoH' 
squet in Middlebourg^ s place and Middlebourg in that of De Monsquet, 

Tchcrita. If you prefer — 

De Monsquet. This is funny. Just now it seemed to me that I prefered 
the other, and now — 

Tcherita. You may' put sugar in it if you wish. 

Middlebourg. Hey ? 

Tcherita. I say you may use the sugar. Do I not make myself under- 
stood ? 

De Monsquet. This is a joke, confess now that it is only a little joke. 

Tchcrita. I do not know, (a carriage is heard) But my mistress is here 
and you can ask her herv>l& 

Middlebourg. I would have prefered the cigarette, I would have rery 
much prefered — 

Dc Monsquet. So would I. 

Enter Regina, «. 1 t, 

jRegina. Good day, gentlemen, good day. (to Tcherita who relieves her of 
her hat, her fur trimmed cloak, etc.) Well, it is done? 

Tcherita. No mistress, not yet. 

Regina. What! These gentlemen have not drank! (to De Monsquet and 
Middlebourg) You have not drank 7 

Tchcrita. No, mistress. 

Regina. You were wrong to let it cool. It is no longer worth anything. 

De Monsquet. Ah, then when it is cold — 

JRegina. The effeot is still the same— ah. Yes, there is no change in the 
effect. But in relish I mean, it is not good at all when it is cold, is it 
Tcherita? 

Tcherita, It is not so good, hut still it is agreeable. 

(exit l. cany hg Regina? s hat cloak and gloves 

De Monsquet. Come, Madam, come. 

JRegina. Where is it you want me to come? 

De Monsquet. You certainly were not serious, when you proposed that 
we should— 

Rcgiua. Certainly I was very serious. Have you not told me a hundred 
times, that if you ever had an opportunity, you would gladly die for me. 

Middlebourg. I have said that, I was the one. 

De Monsquet. Yes, it was I, I have said that. 

JRegina. Well, you have that opportunity now. 

De Monsquet. But you did not understand. I said that I would willing- 
ly give my life to make you happy, well suppose I should take one of these 
two cups, and that I should not take the right one. He would marry you. 

JRegina. Without doubt. 

De Monsquet. (toith force) I know it,*you wouldjnot be happy ?| 

Middlebourg. That is what I was about. to say, if he had not said it I 
should have said it. pointing to cups) Suppose that I should have taken 
the wrong one, and that I should have — then he would be the one you 
would marry. So that I would have made you unhappy. I do|not wish 
that, I do not wish that. 

JRegina. Indeed, you think that with the Baron—'? 

Middlebourg. (in a low voice, leading Regina to one side) The Baron, 
what Baron? he? come now 1 Ho has himself called the Baron de Mon- 
squet, but he is no Baron, and his name ia not De Monsquet. It is Fusil. 
If you marry him, you will not be the Baroness be Monsquet, you will be 
Madam Fusil. 

Retina, (with pride) Well, but— 

De Monsquet. (approaching) What is he saying to you 

Regina. Nothing— nothing— I assure you. ^ 

De Monsquet. Do not marry that man. Ho is a rascal. I know it is the 
custom at Paris to call all men that have money, rascals, but it ia aq^il* 



THE CIGARETTE. o 

that senee that I call him a rascal. When I tell you that he is a rascal, it 
is the same as saying, that he is really a rascal. If you marry him, you 
will be the wife of a rascal, and with your fortune, there is no necessity 
for that. 

Middlebourg. (icho daring the last speech has examined the cups) And 
then, the more I think of it, the more impossible it appears. You are 
good at heart — Fusil will bear me witness. 

De Monsquet. Fusil ! 

Middlebourg. No, I mean to say De Monsquet. De Monsquet will bear 
me witness that yon are good at heart, and it is impossible that this idea, 
that this savage idea should have^oecurred^to you. I am sure it is this 
Tcherita. 

De. Monsquet So am I. I am sure of it. 

Middlebourg. She was born at Java, the wretch. 

De Monsquet. At Java, the birth place of diabolical decoctions. 

Mid'lebourg. She must have seen in us, an opportunity to realize the 
knowledge. she received from her family. 

De Monsquet. She must have wished to place the drug which her mo- 
ther — 

Regina. It is true that this idea occurred to me, after talking with 
Tcherita 

Middlebourg. You dr. Lot know to what you expose yourself. Suppose 
we had accepted the test. 

D: Monsquet. Suppose that, listening only to our love, we had drank 
the con tents of those two cups. 

Middlebourg. Suppose that one of ub should have fallen there, at your 
feet. 

Regina. (frightened) Oh, I beg of you. 

Middlebourg. What then would you have done? 

Tfjjina. {changing her tone) I would have had him carried out. 

De Monsquet. It would have been very kind in you to have had him 
carried out, but that would not have been the end of it. The matter would 
have been spoken of abroad, and one fine day the justice would have come 
to ask your account. 

Regina. (laughing) As for that, I assure you that if the justice came to 
ask my account, I would have a very simple reply to give him. 

Middlebourg. What reply would von make. 

Regina. I would very quickly call Tcherita. (calling) Tcherita! 

Enter Tcherita, l. 

Tcherita. Mistress. 

Regina. You will see how simple my reply would be. Take one of these 
cups, Tcherita. These gentlemen have not touched them. 

Tcherita. Oh no, mistress I can guarantee you thev have not touched 
them. 

Regina. Take one ofthe cups, I will take the other, and we will drink to- 
gether, (they drink) There. 

De Monsquet. ~\ 

and [(together) Oh! 

Middlebourg. \ 

Regina. Decidedly, I was right, when allowed to get cold, it is not good 
at all . ° 

Middlebourg. Madam. 

Regina. Well, do you believe that after this, justice could ask anything 
more of me? J ° 

De Monsquet. You have been trifling with us, Madam. 

Regina. And whose fault is it? You bad only to drink, and heaven only 
knows tne embarrassment I would have been in. I would hare been oblig- 
ed to marry you both. But Tcherita, assured me that you would not 



10 THE CIGARETTE. 

De Monsquet. Ah, Tcherita, you did ? 

Tcherita. Yes, I was sure, perfectly sure that you would not drink, and 
I said so. 

Mlddlebourg . Very well, do as you please, Madam. And now I think 
the only thing left for us to do, is to yield our claims to M. Maurice de 
Prenil. 

Regina. M. Maurice 

De Monsquet. It is not difficult to see that after having treated us in this 
way — 

Mlddlebourg. This turn of affairs is curious to say the least — and in or- 
der to prove to you, that I bear no resentment towards you, I will give you 
a piece of good advice. In case you desire to marry M. Maurice de Prenil, 
I advise you to do it very soon — the poor boy can not wait any longer. 

De Monsquet. He is at the end of his rope. 

Mlddlebourg. He had a hundred thousand francs, but he spent it all in 
four months, in trying to make you believe that he was rich. 

Regina. Trying to make me believe 

Midd'ebourg. Yes, trying to make you believe that he was rich. 

Dz Monsquet. In which object, I ignore him. 

Regina. Ah ! 

Mlddlebourg. That, Madam is what I had to say to you. Are you com- 
ing De Monsquet? 

De Monsquet. Yes my dear friend, I am coming. 

Middlebourg. (to Regina) Marry M. de Prenil, madam, marry him — 
and I advise you-again, marry him quickly, (to De Monsquet in making 
him pass before him) Why didn't you drink ? 

De Monsquet. It was your place to drink, I would have drank after you. 

(exeunt, a. 1 k. 

Regina. Insolents! (after a silence) Tcherita! 

Tcherita. Mistress. 

Regina. Do you think it would be possible to find in the world a woman 
more unhappy than I? 

Tcherita. That would be difficult. 

Regina. Say impossible, Tcherita. 

Tcherita. No. I can not say impassible, but — 

Regina. Say impossible, I wish it, I wish you to say tnat it would be im- 
possible. 

Tcherita. (coldly) Yes, mistress. It would be impossible to find in the 
world a woman more unhappy than you. 

Regina. Very good. Thus it is that I alone can never be loved. When 
a poor girl listens to her lover, she does not doubt, she knows that he is 
sincere, she knows well it is. herself that he loves and not her fortune, be- 
cause she has no fortune. Because my husband, because M. Van Rure- 
monde of Batavia has left me thirty millions I never can be, never, never, 
never! When I enter any place, people say, "here comes thirty millions," 
and if any one is kind enough to observe that there is also a little woman 
there, they reply, "oh yes, it is true there is a little woman, but what is a 
little woman along side of thirty millions?" Therein lies my unhappi- 
ness. And never, whatever I may do, will it be possible lor me to escape 
it. 

Tcherita. Oh, if you wished, there would be a very simple way/ 

Rerina. (quickly) A way, a way ? 

Tcherita. Nothing, strictly speaking, obliges you to keep that fortune. 
You could very easily disembarrass yourself of it. 

Regina. What do you say ? 

Tcherita. I say. that if you wished, it would be a very easy matter to 
disembarrass yourselr. 

Regina. Of my fortune? 
Tcherita, Undoubtedly! 

Regina. (with conviction) No, indeed. The idea! 



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Tcherita. Ah ! 

Regina. What? You seriously propose to me to renoutes my fortune? 
What you say is absurd. 

Tcherita. It is not absurd — but I confess — 

Regina. Certainly, it is absurd. Say that it is absurd — I want you to 
oay it is absurds 

Tcherita. {coldly) Yes mistress, it is absurd. 

Regina. Very well, (silence) Tcherita I 

Tcherita Mistress. 

Regina. This M. Maurice, this M. Maurice de Prenil — did you hear, 
Tcherita, did you hear what those two gentlemen who have just left said 
of him? 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress, I heard perfectly. They said — 

Regina. (violently) It is not true, is it? These two men have basely 
slandered him. Tell me that they have lied. 

Tcherita. No, mistress, they told the truth. 

Regina. Tcherita! 

Tcherita-. Those two gentlemen told the truth. 

Regina. This hundred thouaud francs spent in four months in order to 
make me believe him rich ? 

Tcherita. It is very true that M. Maurice de Prenil has spent all he had, 
but it was not to make you believe that he was rich. 

Regina. Why then? 

Tcherita. Simply because it is expensive to live near you, mistress, and 
he desired to live near you as much as possible. Four mouths ago M. 
Maurice de Prenil met you for the first time. He saw you and he loved 
you. 

Regina. (ironically) Yes, yes, I know, no one can see me without loving 
me. That is understood. 

Tcherita. You are rich, fabulously rich — he was almost poor. 80 his 
first thought was to separate himself from you — to go away, but as he loved 
you— i 

Regina. He remarned. It always happens like that. One wishes to go 
away but does not go. Continue, Tcherita, continue. He wished to go 
away and he remained — 

Tcherita. I will wait, said he, I will live happily as long as I can. It 
will be time to depart, when I have nothing left. 

Regina. And he spent all that belonged to him— all, all, absolutely all, 
for the sole pleasure of not leaving me, of seeing me every day ? 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress. 

Regina. That is a very pretty story, and when did he relate it to you? 

Tcherita. This very day, not an hour ago. 

Regina. Indeed! And presently he will return, will he not? and 
now, that you have had time to relate to me what he has told you, now 
that I am prepared, he will fall at my feet, and will play his great farce 
out to the end. 

Tcherita. No, madam, no, he will come presently, it is true, but he will 
not fall at your feet. He will tell you he is going away, that is all, he will 
tell vou he is going away, and he will go. 

Regina. Will he ? . 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress* 

Regina. Set ously ? 

Tcherita. Seriously. 

Regina. And do you believe 'hat? 

Tcherita. Yes mistress, I believe it. 

Regina. But this i3 madness — it is — say that you do not believe !t. I 
Want you to say that you do not believe it. 

Tcherita. I cannot say that mistress, for I really do believe it. 

Regina. He will fall at my feet, I tell you. 

Tcherita. That is just what I advised him to do — yes, mistress, when he 



jg THE CIGARETTE. 

was here, I advised him not to leave, and as he loved you to tell you so 
simply and honestly, 'no,' replied he, 'I will not tell her that, if I did, the 
idea would occur to her at ouce that it was only her fortune — ' 

Megina. Hum ! 

Tcherita. And he was not mistaken. You already have that idea. 'In 
<order to make it possible for me to marry your mistress, it would be neces- 
sary' — but no, I cannot repeat what he said. It would make you angry. 

Megina. Tell mc, I wish you to tell me. 

Tcherita. 'It would be necessary', he said — it was very evidently a joke. 
'In order to make it possible for me to marry your mistress, our parts must 
he exchanged, and she herself must declare to me that she wishes to be my 
wife.' 

Jtegina. (excited) I ? 

Tcherita. 'And yet' he added, 'as such a declaration would seem very un- 
usual, so that — ' 

Megina. He said that. He dared to say— 

Tcherita. Yes mistress. 

Megina. (furiously) But why then does he not come? It is really wrong 
\n him not to_come then, — let him come. 

Enter Servant. R. 1 e. 

Servant. M. Maurice de Prenil. 

Megina. Ah ! 

Tcherita. (endeavoring to calm her) Mistress — 

Megina. (to servant) Yes, yes, show him in, show him in immediately. 
(exit servant, r. 1 k.) You shall see, Tcherita, you shall see, how well he 
has done to teflyou all these pretty things. 

Enter Maurice, r. 1 e. 

Maurice. Madam! 

Megina. (in a brittle, irritated voice) Is what Tcherita tells me, true, 
Monsieur? She tells me you are going away. 

Maurice. Yes madam, it is true L am going. 

Megina. You are going to America to seek your fortune? 

Maurice^ Yes madam, I have a relative, there. 

Medina. And you are going? 

Maurice. Thi3 very day. This evening I take the train at six o'clock 
for Havre, to-morrow morning I take the trans- Atlantic. 

Megina. To-day ! Can't you put it off? 

Maurice. No, madam, it is impossible. 

Megina. Absolutely impossible? 

Maurice. Absolutely. 

Megina. So you are going away, and you advise me of it at the last mo- 
ment. I see how it is, you have foreseen that I should be sad, and you 
have wished my sadness to last a short time as possible. I thank you for 
it. What have you there in your hand ? 

Maurice, (confused) In my hand? 

Megina. Yes. Is it improper to ask you? If it is improper—? 

Maurice. No, madam, "it is not at all improper — you desire a costume of 
the eighteenth century for th.e ball on Saturday — 

Megina. You will not be there, at this ball? 

Maurice. No, I will not be there, and here are some engravings, which 
you cau make use of for your costume. 

Megina. Thus you concern yourself about me up to the last moment, 
that adds still more to my regret, but as you have all your time to make 
vour preparations, I would not pardon myself for detaining you. Adieu 
Moncieur. 

Maurice. Adieu, madam. 



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Regina. Life is long, and since the discovery of sleam the world is very 
small, we must hope to meet again some day or other. 

Maurice. I hope that as sincerely as yourself. Adieu Tcherita, adieu 
madam. 

Regina. Adieu Monsieur, {exit Maurice, r. 1 e.) He is gone. 

Tcherita. Heavens ! mistress, after so gracious a reception ? 

Regina. It is impossible, he will soon return. 

Tcherita. He has crossed the yard, he is going away and does not ap- 
pear at all disposed to return. 

Regina. (very much agitated) Tell a servant to run after him, to bring 
him back, go quickly. 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress. (exit, r. 1 e. 

Regina. (seated on a pile of cushions) No, I repeat it, it is not possible to 
find in the world a woman more unhappy than J. 

Re-enter Tcherita, r. 1 e, 
—Tcherita ? 

Tcherita. Mistress. 

Regina. I love him. 

Tcherita. I know that very well, mistress. 

Regina. I have set my heart on him, he is the one I have chosen. 

Tcherita. I know that mistress, so does he love you, he adores you. If 
it were otherwise do you suppose I would have permitted — 

Regina. He does not return. He does not wish to return. 

Tcherita. You a>re mistaken, mistress, he is here. 

Enter Maurice, R. 1 E. 

Regina. (vert/ much agitated) Monsieur 

Maurice. Madam 

Re ina. (aside to Tcherita) What was I going to say to him ? 

Tcherita. [aside) Indeed I do not know. 

Regina. Monsieur — 

Maurice. Madam — ■ 

Regina. Ah! (she rapidly unrolls the roll of engravings, which Tcherita 
places in her hand) I have looked at these engravings that you have had 
the kindness to bring me, they are very well, there are here the elements 
out of which to construct a very pretty costume, but the costume itself is 
not here, we must have a design, you design very nicely, you — 

Maurice. But madam, it seems to me that yflu too, design very nicely. 

Regina. Oh, no, no. I draw very badly, very badly— you have told me 
so yourself often enough. 

Maurice. I ? 

Regina. [very agitated and very tender) Certainly you have told me that, 
you were very merciless with me — very merciless, I have always been 
spoiled, when I was little I used to draw good little men, they were very 
ugly, but were pronounced very pretty, because I was little— later in life I 
have continued to draw good little men, they were still very ugly, but 
people continued to pronounce them pretty, because I have always been 
spoiled, I repeat it — it should not be forgotten, and if I design badly, you 
should not expeet too much of me — I ought to be pardoned. 

Maurice, {very much agitated) Madam. 

Regina. Well ? 

Maurice. I am not of your opinion. I find that you design very well. 

Regina. You say that in order not to do what I ask you. t But you have 
time enough since you no not leave until six o'clock. 

Tcherita. [seated on a pile of cushions) There is also a train at midnight. 

Maurice, (interested) That is so. 

Regina. Well then, I think that I will not wear that costume when you 
are gone, I will have but little heart to do so. But that makes no difference 
I want this design, I want it very much. 



fy THE CIGARETTE. 

Maurice. Well, I will go home and — 

Regina. {interested) No, no, hei'e. I do not want yoti to go away, 1 
would rather not have you go. 

Maurice. Madam- 

Renin a. There in that chamber, where I amuse myself in drawing, yoM 
will find crayons, colors, everything necessary. Will you be kind enough? 

Maurice, '{warmly) To serve you ? Oh ! 

Regina. You sa.y— * 

Maurice, {coldly) I go to design this costume madam, and I will try to 
lesign it well. (<"**< into chamber, r>. 3»k. 

Regina. Do you say now that he loves me, Tcherita ? It is not true, he 
does not love me. 

Tcherita. Certainly mistress, he loves you. 

Regiva. Why then does he not. tell me so? Did I not furnish him an op* 
portunity ? And here, a moment ago, when I spoke of my good little men, 
Jould he not understand? 

Tcherita. I told you that he loves you, mistress, but I also told you that 
he will never confess it. He loves you and he will go away* 

Regina. He will go away, you think? 

Tcherita. I am sure of it, mistress. 

Regina. But I do not want him to go away. 1 do not want it. There 
ought to be a way to prevent it. 

Tcherita. Hum! 

Regina. I wish there was one* 

Tcherita. You might, as an experiment, try that which he has indicated 
himself, invert the usual custom, and tell biro that you love him. 

Regina. That I love him ? 

Tcherita. Yes* 

Regina. It seemed to me that 1 just told him that a moment ago* 

Tcherita. Oh, but perhaps not in a way that he understood you. .Per- 
haps he desires that the statement should he made in express words. 

Regina. In express words? That I should say to him in express words, 
—Do not go away, I love you ? 

Tcherita. Ye.3. 

Regina. You talk nonsense. It ia nonsense and then it is unbecoming, 
say that it is unbecoming, I wish you to say it* 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress, it is unbecoming, but then — 

Regina. And then has he not said that very possibly after that, the step 
might appear risky to him^ and then— 

Tcherita. That can be so arranged that the step will not appear risky to 
him at all. 

Regina. And how is that ? 

Tcherita. How is that? 

Regina. Tell me quickly and do not make me repeat* 

Tcherita. Ordinarily, mistress when you return from the Bois you take 
a cigarette and smoke,' why not to-day as you do every day, take a cigar- 
ette, one of these, see? 

Regina. Ah ! your famous cigarettes ? 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress. 

Regina. Do you really believe in them? 

Tcherita. Try one of them, mistress. 

Regina. (aside) Yes, in that way I can say all 1 have to say and no one 
can reproach me for it. {resolutely) Well give me one of them, which 
ever you wish, it is all the same to me. ( Tcherita goes for a cigarette on the 
mantel) Well ! 

Tcherita. Here it is, mistress, here it is. 

Regina. (seated on the sofa) You know that I have no faith at all in 
your cigarettes. 

Tcherita. We will see. 

Regina. (commencing to smoke) They have an excellent flavor* 



THE CIGARETTE. 15 

Tcherita. Yes, mistress, and very mild true cigarettes for a pretty wo- 
rn^ n. 

Rcgina. They are excellent, but as to their power, I have not a particia 
of faith in that. 

Enter Maurice, from chamber with a, drawing. 

Maurice. Here is a rough sketch, madam, and — 

Regina. Ah I There he is. 

Tcherita. {aside to Regina, smiling) At least, do not say that you detest 
him, madam — 

Regina. Who knows ? 

Maurice. Here is a rough sketch, madam, and I came to ask you — (Re- 
gina looks at the sketch laugh-inn) I came to ask you if this sketch — (fresh 
burst of laughter from Regina, more marked — aside to Tcherita) What is the 
matter with her? 

Tcherita. My cigarettes, you understand — she has just taken one. 

Maurice. Oh, heavens, at least there is no danger. 

Regina. {who during these two speeches has been looking at the design 
brought by Maurice) She is curious enough, your little woman here, but 
surely she is not much better designed than my little men. 

Maurice. What? 

Tcherita. The truth, I have told you the truth. 

Regina. So you are going away. 

Maurice. Can a person speak to her? will she understand? 

Tcheriia. Yes, yes, she understands? but in a quarter of an hour she will 
not remember anything you have said to her. 

Regina. Oh, yes I will remember it. 

Tcherita. [No mistress, you will not remember it, you will very soon be- 
come unconscious, and when vou return to yourself you will have no rec- 
ollection of what you have said. 

Maurice. She will become unconscious? There is danger then, she 
must not — we must prevent her — {Regina throws away Iter cigarette 

Tcherita. Oh, she does not need to' smoke anymore. The effect is pro- 
duced. All that she thinks, all that she has in her heart she will now 
speak. 

Regina. Yes, I will speak. So you are going away, and you are very 
proud of it and say to yourself, that in going away you are doing your duty as 
an honest man. 

Maurice. Regina? 

Regina. It is very curious, but I have another idea of honesty. It would 
seem to me, that after having for four months, allowed a woman to think 
that you loved her — {after <i pause}. — after winning her love in return — 

Maurice. Regina I 

Regina. After having accustomed her to the idea that she had there at 
her side assured happiness, an existence that belonged to her, it would seem 
to me, that honesty consisted above all in not deceiving that hope. I 
thought that when an honest man loved a woman, it mattered little to him, 
if she were poor, or even il she were rich. It appears that I have been mis- 
taken, since you who are an honest man, think otherwise. You do not 
wish it to be said, that you were the first to speak. Then I must be the 
one to say— well be content. I love you. That is the way I ought to say 
It, is it not? I love you. 

Maurice, {on his knees) Oh Regina, Regina? 

Regina. It rests with you now to reply. If you do not love me, go away, 
go at once, but if you love me do not go, remaiu, remain. 

Maurice. Regina, I am a fool, Regina, I am a wretch. 

Tcherita. Go, go. I have told you, that Yery soon she will forget every- 
thing. 



16 THE CIGARETTE. 

Maurice. But I repent, and I ask your pardon. I love you Regina, I 
adore you. (indicating Tcherita) She knows well, that the day I first s*,w 
you I loved you, and each day since, that 1 have spent near you, has added 
to my love. 

Tcherita. (aside) How he goes on, and be says all that without a cigar- 
ette. 

Maurice. Regina, do you not understand me? I love you. Ah, good 
heavens, she turns pale, she is losing consciousness. 

Tcherita. Have no fear. Take her hand, she will return to herself, and 
will not remember that you have said that you love her. 

Maurice. Then I will 'repeat it. 

Tcherita. And you will do right. (Regina opens her eyes) Well mistress, 
well? 

Regina. What has happened to me? It seems as if 1 had been talking, 
talking, talking. And then I felt very happy, but no happier than I am 
now, Maurice. 

Maurice. I love you, Regina, I love you. 

Enter servant. 

Servant. Messieurs Middlebourg and Da Monsquet ask if Madam will bs 
kind enough to receive them. 

Tcherita. Oh yes, mistress, receive them, I am very curious to know 
what they have to say. 

Eegina. Ask the gentlemen to come in. 

Enter Middlebourg and De Monsquet. 

De Monsquet. ~| 

and > (together) Madam? 

Middlebourg. j 

Regina. Good day gentlemen, good clay. 

Middlebourg, De Monsquet and I h;>.ve reflected. 

De Monsquet. I was going to say, we have reflected, Middlebourg and I, 
and there is a test that we ask nothing better than to accept these cigarettes 
prepared by Tcherita. 

Tcherita. {laughing) Ah! Ah! (got*, to mantel 

De Monsquet. These cigarettes which force one to speak the truth. All 
we ask is the privilege of smoking them before you, you will then see that 
we are sincere. 

Tcherita. My mistress accepts. Here, (giving them two cigarettes) But 
I ought first to inform you that my mistrss*, having had the imprudence to 
smoke one of these cigarettes, has confessed to M. Maurice de Prenil, that 
she loves him, so that now the marriage is well under way. 

Middlebourg. {laughing) Having had the imprudence to smoke one of 
these cigarettes. 

De Monsquet. (laughing) One of the cigarettes that were there on the 
mantel ? 

Tcherita. Yes. 

Middlebourg. (exploding with liughter) But they were only ordinary 
cigarettes. 

De Monsquet. As we mistrusted ourselves under their influence, we took 
them away and put others of our own in their place. 

Maurice. How? 

Regina. (smilwg) Yes, my friend, and I saw them do it. But what 
matters it? You have said to Tcherita, that you would remain absolutely 
firm. 

Maurice. Ah, my love, how can I prove it to you. (changing tone, en- 
thusiastically) Hold, I would be willing for you to be twice as rich as you 
are. 



THE CIGARETTE. 

Regina. {smiling) And you would marry me all the same? 

Maurice. Without hesitation. 

Be Monsquet. ( 

and -l (together) So would we, if it comes to that, so would 

Middlebourg. { we. 

Regina. (to Tcherita) You know that I have no faith whatever in your 
cigarettes. 

Tcherita. And you are wrong mistress, for you see that even when 
others are put in their place, they compel one to tell the truth none th« 
the leas. 



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This drama is a great success, and is published now for the first 
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It has eight male characters and three female. A few soldiers, 
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takes from \% to 2 hours to present it. 

The leading character is a double one. "George Clarendon," 
who assumes the character of ' k 01d Hal," a very deaf and shrewd 
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always conies out ahead in all places where his services are needed. 
The other characters are all good, consisting of a Captain and Lieu- 
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We think those who order and produce this play will be more 
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AMES' PLAYS-Continued. 



HO. K. T. 

09 Mother's Fool, farce, 1 act, by W. Henri Wilkins 6 1 

1 Mr. & Mrs. Pringle. farce, 1 act, by Don T. De Treuba Cosio 7 2 

23 My Heart's in the Highlands, farce, 1 act 4 3 

32 My Wife's Relations, comedietta, 1 act, by Walter Gordon 4 4 

90 No Cure No Pay, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by G. VV. H. Griffin 3 1 

61 Not as Deaf as He Seems. Ethiopian farce. 1 act 2 

37 Not so Bad After All, comedy, 3 acts, by Wybert Reeve 6 5 

44 Obedience, Comedietta, 1 act, by Hattie L. Lambla 1 2 

81 Old Phil's Birthdav, drama, 2 acts, by J. P. Wooler 5 2 

33 On the Sly, farce, 1 act, by John Madison Morton 3 2 

109 Other People's Children, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by A. N. Field 3 2 

1-26 Our Daughters, society comedy, 4 acts, by Fred L. Greenwood 8 6 

85 Outcast's Wife, drama, 3 acts, oy Colin H. Hazelwood 12 3 

83 Out on the World, drama, 3 acts.. 5 4 

53 Out in the Streets, temperance drama. 3 acts, by S. N. Cook 6 4 

57 Paddy Miles' Boy, Irish farce, 1 act, by James Pilgrim 5 2 

29 Painter of Ghent, play, 1 act, by Douglass Jerrold 5 2 

114 Passions, comedy, 4 acts, by F. Marmaduke Dey 8 4 

18 Poacher's Doom, domestic drama, 3 acts, by A. D. Ames 8 3 

51 Rescued, temperance drama, 2 acts, by C. 11. Gilbert 5 3 

110 Reverses, domestic drama, 5 acts, by A. Newton Field 12 6 

45 Rock Allen the orphan, drama, 1 act, by W. Henri Wilkins 5 3 

96 Rooms to Let without Board, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 1 

59 Saved, temperance sketch, 1 act, by Edwin Tardy 2 3 

48 Schnaps, Dutch farce, 1 act, by M. A. D. Cliffton 1 1 

107 School, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by A. Newton Field 5 

115 S. H. A. M. Pinafore, burlesque, 1 act. by W. Henri Wilkins 5 3 

£5 Somebody's Nobody, farce, l act, by C. A. Maltby 3 2 

94 Sixteen Thousand Years Ago, Ethiopian farce, 1 act •_ 3 

25 Sport with a Sportsman, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 

79 Spy of Atlanta, military allegory, (i acts, by A. D. Ames, 25 cents... 14 3 

92 Stage Struck Darkey, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 1 

10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 

62 Ten Nights in a Bar Room, temperance drama, 5 acts 7 3 

64 That Boy Sam, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by F. L. Cutler 3 1 

40 That Mysterious Bundle, farce, 1 act. by H. L. Lambla 2 2 

38 The Bewitched Closet, sketch, 1 act, by H. L. Lambla 5 2 

87 The Biter Bit. comedy, 2 acts, by Barham Livius 5 2 

101 The Coming Man, farce, 1 act, by VV. Henri Wilkins 3 1 

67 The False Friend, drama, 2 acts, by George S. Vautrot 6 1 

97 The Fatal Blow, melodrama, i acts, by Edward Fitzball 7 1 

119 The Forty-Niners, or The Pioneer's Daughter, border drama, 5 acts, 

bv T. W. Hanshew 10 4 

93 The Gentleman in Black, drama, 2 acts, by W. H. Murray 9 4 

112 The New Magdalen, drama, pro. 3 acts, by A. Newton Field 8 3 

118 The Popcorn Man, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by A. Newton Field 3 1 

71 The Reward of Crime, drama, 2 acts, by W. Henri Wilkins 5 3 

16 The Serf, tragedy, 5 acts, by R. Talbot 6 3 

68 The Sham Professor, farce, 1 act, by F. L. Cutler.. 4 

6 The Studio, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 3 

102 Turn of the Tide, temperance drama, 3 acts, by W. Henri Wilkins.. 7 4 

54 The Two T. J's, farce, 1 act, by Martin Beecher 4 2 

7 The Vow of the Ornani. drama, 3 acts, by J. N. Gotthold 8 1 

28 Thirty-three next Birthday, farce, 1 act, by M. Morton 4 2 

108 Those Awful Boys, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by A. Newton Field 5 

63 Three Glasses a Day, temperance drama, 2 acts, W. Henri Wilkins.. 4 2 
105 Through Snow and Sunshine, drama, 5 acts 6 4 

4 Twain's Dodging, Ethiopian farce. 1 act, by A. Newton Field 3 1 

5 When Women Weep, comedietta, 1 act, by J. N. Gotthold 3 2 

56 Wooing Under Difficulties, farce, 1 act, by J. T. Douglass 4 3 

41 Won at Last, comedy drama, 3 acts, by Wybert Reeve 7 3 

70 Which will he Marry, farce, 1 act, by Thomas E. Wilks 2 8 

58 Wrecked, temperance drama. 2 acts, by A. D. Ames 9 3 

111 Yankee Duelist, farce, 1 act, by A. Newton Field 2 2 



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WILL-O'-THE-WISP, OR THE SHOT IX THE DARK. A comedy 
drama in 3 acts by the celebrated novelest and dramatist, T. W. Hanshew. 
9 males, 4 females, a play of intense interest, and now published for the 
first time. Each character good. Costumes easily arranged. Time of per- 
formance about 2 hours. 

THE EMIGRANT'S DA UGHTER. A border drama in 3 acts by Len. 
Ellsworth Tilden, 8 males, 3 females. Time of playing 2 hours. This 
drama is replete with startling situations, thrilling incidents, and is inter- 
esting from beginning to end. The charactersare all good, including Indians 
Coyotes, etc., as well as excellent leading parts. A comedy — a parly who 
represents a Professor of Phrenology, will keep an audience in mar? of 
laughter. 

AAR- U-A G-OOS? OR AN EAST INDIAN DRUG. An original farce 
in 1 act by Malcolm Stuart Taylor, 2 males, 1 female character. To an- 
nounce a play by the author of the 'The Afflicted Family' is sufficient guar- 
antee of its excellence. Time of plaving 35 minutes. 

SEEING BOSTING. A "mixuption" in 1 act by F. L. Cutler, 3 males, 
A Landlord, Yankee, Negro — the scrapes the Yankee and Negro get into 
are truly laughable. Time 20 minutes. 

ACTOR AND SERVANT. A dutch farce in 1 act by F. L. Cutler, 1 
male, 1 lemale — shows the trial of an actor with a blundering Dutch ser- 
vant — roars of laughter in it. Time 25 mjinutes. 

THE LICK SKILLET WEDDING. A farce in 1 act by A. 11. Gibson, 
2 males, 2 females. Time 20 minutes, just the thing for a short afterpiece. 

MA TRIMONIAL BLISS. A scene from real life by Ida M. Buxton, 1 male 1 
female, as performed at Temperance Hall, Woonsocket, Pi,. I. A poor abused 
husband and a strong minded wife, constitute the dramatis personce. Just 
the thing for exhibitions, amateur clubs, etc. Time 20 minutes. 

THE MUSICAL DARKEY. A farce in 1 act by F. L. Cutler, 2 males. 
Interior^scene — a splendid farce for an Ethiopian comedian who can sing 
and dance. Time 30 minutes. 

THE HIDDEN TREASURES. A drama in a prologue and 4 acts, by 
Zella Careo, 4 males and 2 females. Amateurs will find this a capital play 
for their use, and one which will please them. Time of performance 1 and 
3-4 hours. 

POMP'S PRANKS. An extremely ludicrous Ethiopian farce for 2 
male characters, by F. L. Cutler. Scene, a plain room — time 20 minutes. 
Pomp's pranks are certainly funny and will bring down the house. 

NE W YEA RS IN NE W YORK; OR, THE GERMAN BARON. An 
original comedy in 2 acts, by W. H. Spangler, Jr. — 7 male G females. We 
recommend this as being one of the best of modern comedies. There is a 
great variety of characters, each one entirely different from all the others. 
The Dutch character is immense, and every speech is the signal for a 
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